Means for attaching belt-shifter rods or poles.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907..

J. E. DE TAMBLE. MEANS. FOR ATTAOHING BELT SHIFTER RODS OR POLBS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 10, 1906.

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PATBNTED FEB. 19, 1907.-

J. E. DB TAMBLE. TAGHING BELT SHIFTER RODS 0B. POLBS. APPLICATION IILEDFEB. 10, 1906.

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Patented Feb. 19,

Application filed February 10, 1966, Serial No, 300l29= To whom it mayconcern:

I; Ee it known that I, J OHN E. DE TAMBLE citizen of the United States,residing at i. cage, in the county of Cook and State of nois, haveinvented certain new and useful 1m rovements in Means for AttachingBoltz hz ting Rods or holes, of which the follow is'e specification. 1

Sky present invention relates to improve ,Inents in means for. attachingbelt-shifting rods or ole's, end has for its object the pro Vision 0such inea-hs which con be readily applied wherever desirable.

"{At present, as for as I am aware, there are nos eoific means forsuchattachments, the Inec enic beingcontentwith enymekeshiftsuch as a.nail, a hinge, or a hole in the ceiling or well-or anything which willgive a leverage to force the, belt from the idler to the fixed pulley onthe counter-shaft. There are, however, several extremely desirableconditions which should be met end fulfilled by any such attachment. Thefirst of such. requirements is an attachment which is readily epplicebleto the various structural conditions met with in the machine shop or.fectory. Such an attachment must be ca Tabio of being manufactured inthe simpest and most inexpensive manner. Again, such etteclJnentshould'ermit oi the freest move ment without any. ost motion, and, finally, theattachment should permit of 'the rod or pole being positioned out of avertical line,.ii necessery,so as to bring its end in the most 35.convenient position for the machinist or opi eretor while working at themachine. The

failure of the attachment to fulfil any one or more of these conditionsvery often entails a great deal of unnecessary inconvenience.

40,. To the accomplishment of these various objects I have provided thenew and novel structure ehd combination of parts, as will presentlyappear.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of aceiling of 9. machinesho with hangers carrying a. counter-shalt, scihangers being further provided with brackets curry] mg a belt-shiftingshalt, o. bel tshiiting' rod or pole curried thereby and at- I rod orpole 12. The bclt-slxifting rod or pole Fig. 2 is a sketch showing I eto position the I techod to the ceiling with my improved attachingmenus. conditions when it is doslrebl belt-shilting rod or pole at anangle to the verticzia-l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a,

l coiling. l the construct: on 'shiwsn in Fig.

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form of my attaching means applicable to a Fig. 4 is e Liool sectionalview of 3, and Fig. 5 "s a perspective View of a form oi my attachingmoons a pplice-bl e to a wall or the side of u been). or joist.

The numeral 1 designates a plate having the screw-holes 2 and the liid-angled projections 3 Upon one end of the plate 1 provided the round.pin fl, carrying upon its outer end the ball 5.

The numeral 6 designates e socket or cup suitable for contouring theball 5. The

"socket 6 is cut away at 7 so as to permit the pin 4 end. the plete 1 tobe swung at any an 'gle beneeth the socket 6 site]? the ball 5 has beeninserted therein.

in the form of my invention made for attsching to the ceiling, asillustrated in Fig. 3, I provide the plate 8 directly upon the upperedges of the socket 6, the said plate 8 being provided with thescrew-holes 9, through which pass the screws 10 to attach it to theceiling.

in the form of my invention for attaching to wells or the sides of beamsor joists, as illustrated in Fig. 5, the socket 6 is attached to*theplate 8 through the medium of the flanges 11. In this form I also preferto provide the screw-holes 9 through to the edge of the plate. Withthisoonstruction two screws can be driven properly, the plate S-pleccdin position, and the third and fourth screw then driven. This is aconsiderable advantage at times, es the two most difficult screws can bedriven without the plate and socket being in ,7 g; I), hangers attachedthereto and carrying the counter-shaft c and the brackets (Z, saidbreak" etsd carrying the bolt-shifting shaft e. Upon the counter-shaft cis shown a cone f, pulley g, and idler h. Upon'the belt-shifting shaft 6is shown-the pins or foil: 2', between which lenld pver the pulley g andidler 71 passes the e t c. I I

T the plate 1, between the right-angled projections 3, by means ofscrews 10 passing thrrm gh the holes 2 I attach the belt-shifting Theletter a designates e ceilin 12 is provided \sith the slot13, throughwhich by Inca-us of the bolt 14; it is at inched to the belt-shiftingshaft 0.

The fabrication of my attaching means, asv

above described, is accomplished by casting 3, 4, and. 5. construction,but by greatly reducing the sectional mass of metal greatly reduces thedisto rtionvincident to the cooling, of cast metal, so thatthe membersare suitable for use when they come from the molds and requireno turningor truing in a lathe.

In Fig.2 It is obvious that if the belt-shifting rod of pole 12 camedown vertically it would not be. conveniently in reach of the machinistor operator working at the ma chine m. i

Having described my invention, it is ohvious that 1 provide an attachingmeans for belt-shifting rods or poles reatlily attached or detached,which are very simple and inexpensive n construction, and which whilepreventing lost motion will permit of therod or or molding, and the ballmember itigcast vitli the core 15 therein, as clearly shown in Figs.

This core not only'liightens the 1 opening of the socket member.

pole being positioned in themost advanta geous manner.

W hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- As anarticle of manufacture ,a ball-andsocket conriectionfor belt shiftingrods com prising a socket member cast with opening of uniform width fromthe bottom 'to the top thereof and an attachingeplate thereto and a ballmember east with a connection adapted to play in all directionsin thesaid In testimony whereof .l ailix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

John E. on Tit-mama Witnesses: i l

L. W. I-IMG, G. A. CARLSON.

